Unsplash This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. When I was first asked to write an opening piece in The Conversation’s series on climate change and the energy transition, I wanted to say no. I didn’t want to think about what I and anyone else…
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UN Human Rights Committee finds Australia violated Torres Strait Islanders’ rights by failing to protect them from climate change – ABC News
Australia has violated the human rights of a group of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change, a United Nations committee has found. Key points: The groundbreaking finding by the UN Human Rights Committee was made in response to a complaint filed in 2019 by eight Torres Strait Islanders from…
Adam Bandt calls for both US and China to de-escalate tensions over Taiwan and raises concerns over future climate change cooperation | Sky News Australia
Greens leader Adam Bandt has warned Australia has a “lot to lose” if tensions between China and the United States fail to simmer down as he called on the Albanese Government to further push de-escalation. China has recently announced it would wind back live-fire military drills around Taiwan launched in response to US House Speaker…
Anthony Albanese calls for coal power stations to come back online in climate change strategy shock | Daily Mail Online
Labor has begged industry bosses to fire up all their coal-fuelled power stations at full capacity to ease the national energy crisis in a dramatic policy u-turn. Just days after promising ‘real action on climate change’, Labor today demanded the nation’s coal power stations are all brought back into service as soon as possible. At…
